As you said in one of the comments, 5 hours a week would put me on the list.. But I'm not sure what the tasks are about and whether I can do them at all since Lemmy has been mobile only for me.. I wouldn't mind to help out, but I'm not sure if I'm actually up for the job
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How much time do you usually spend per day as an admin? I'm asking because I'm wondering what the commitment looks like and if it works with a schedule where I'm often on the road.
At a minimum I’d request 5 hours a week cumulatively, with more of course being beneficial.
Tasks like reviewing reports and applications only take a few minutes and can be done on a mobile device- I personally approve most applications on my phone.
if you make mistakes, there will likely be many users calling you out in public.
I wouldn't want to let you down, so,
two new admins, who’s primary duties
Should be "whose primary duties"
For real, though, thank you for your work looking after this instance! And big thanks in advance to whoever takes up the new admin roles. I hope there's some of you out there who have time to take this up, wisdom to do it well, and patience... because, well, it's the internet!
Edit to add: Who downvotes a post like this? Seriously, two downvotes? "Noo! Can't have more admins! Terrible post, get it out of my feed!"
This guy^ has my vote.
I downvoted but it was an accident. When I realized it I changed it to upvote
I hope this doesn't clog up the feed in your search for admins but I have to say: You are doing something right. I see people say Lemmy is slow, or there are large amounts of downtime. That has not happened on this instance. I have been very happy here.
I really hope you find the admins you are looking for.
You are doing something right. I see people say Lemmy is slow, or there are large amounts of downtime. That has not happened on this instance.
The guy running the instance is a software engineer with devops experience, whereas a lot of others are amateurs. Which isn't a bad thing - it's great that a lot of people are self-hosting things - but something like Lemmy requires a bit of consideration on the infrastructure and security side of things.
I think there are ideological factors too. Ping lemm.ee or lemmy.world to get the IP address - you get a Cloudflare IP according to the WHOIS. Ping lemmy.ml and you get OVH SAS as the owner. Same for Hexbear actually. Both instances are run by tankies and if there's one thing that they get right, it's that the entire Internet shouldn't go through one single corporation. Unfortunately, that one single corporation, Cloudflare, also provides excellent DDoS protection.
What's OVH SAS?
I work in software but wouldn't mind getting better at the administrative side of things myself. It means I probably have to learn Linux better, though.
It's just a host they both use. Exposing it is not a bad thing inherently, but unless you know what you're doing you're probably better off hiding it behind cloudflare. Cloudflare can handle a DDoS a lot better than some regional hosting provider. So I'm not saying OVH SAS is a bad hosting provider, but that it's easier to DDoS an instance not behind Cloudflare (ml, hex)
Thanks for the explanation!
Good luck on your search!
Is there a location with the administration policy clearly written or is it communicated over a series of posts in this meta?
It is linked towards the top of the instance sidebar
Weird. I’m not seeing it. I checked the sidebar before I asked. I’m using an app. Maybe that’s why. I’ll check it in the browser.
Can I become the admin and then become the ultimate godmod by removing all the other mods?